I Found My Neighbor’s Twin Toddlers Hiding in My Empty Trash Can—Then Their Mother Told Me Why They Had Been Sent to Find Me

“Drink?”

“Yes,” I said.

“Of course.”

It was the first ordinary request either of them had made.

PART 2 — The Man at the Door

I poured water into two small cups and set them within reach.

Chloe watched Maya before she touched hers.

Maya watched me.